Digital Media Working Group

This is the wiki page for the web Digital Media working group. In this group, we will:

  • share tips with each other about what kinds of technology work well for specific digital media projects
  • ask questions about better tools and practices
  • repost interesting information we come across related to working with digital media

*Morgan will also be posting interesting content and tips he comes across to this wiki - including any pertinent tips that get posted to the listserv.*


As of the June 2007 PSO, these are the VISTAs currently engaged in the Digital Media working group:

Angela Saylor (Venice Arts): Mentoring youth, photography/digital media

Jim Mora (Help of the Ojai): Digital storytelling w/ seniors (intergenerational)

Julie Adler (CCTV): 6th grade school news casts

Jack Waugh (Generation Five): Digital storytelling assembly into theme, organize existing media content, collecting meta-data

Sarah Pierantoni (GRCMC): Documentaries with youth involving community issues, GLBA digital storytelling

Dianne Curtain (Heads on Fire): Documentaries with youth about homelessness

The working group also did a basic skills inventory. Here are the results of that assessment:

Technical:
- Final Cut Pro
- DVD Studio Pro
- Camera
- Lighting
- Sound
- Mac
- Avid
- Adobe Premiere
- Flash
- Digital Photography
- Photo Chemical Science
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Graphic Design
- Protools/Acid
- Video Editing
- Music Production

Organization/Distribution of Media:
- Library Science
- Flash Websites
- DVD Production
File Sharing/Networking
- Internet Distribution (of films)

Youth/Adult Facilitation:
- Train-the-Trainer
- Small/Large Group Facilitation
- One-on-one Mentoring
- Motivation (No Boredom)
- Producing/Directing (Roles, Management)
- Teaching
- Curriculum
- Translating the Jargon

Journalism/Writing/Storytelling:
- Photojournalism
- Writing Scripts
- Documentary Script Writing
- Art Education
- Media Literacy (objectivity, theory behinds, ethics)
- Copyright

Between the various members, there seems to be a VERY strong skill set.